This past Friday night the College Ministry at Providence put on an art show/concert.  

We brought Brooks Ritter in for the concert portion of the night.  I really like Brooks’ music before I heard him live….but I think I”m now borderline obsessed with the guy.  He’s a great songwriter…his voice is really bluesy/rootsy…and he’s one of the nicest guy’s I’ve ever met.  

I’ll get some of my pictures up from the night very soon.  But until then, please enjoy his song The Horse Fell Lame.

Happy Monday.

Oh and go check out his myspace.

So much happening this week.  I’ll make sure and blog about everything very soon.

In the meantime, here’s a video of my daughter  Eden stealing her cousin Will’s paci.

A clepto just like her mommy…haha.

Mike, Patrick, James, Ben and I are all heading up to The Cove today to lead music for Providence’s Men’s Retreat this morning.  

We’ve been looking forward to this weekend for a while now….it’s so beautiful up there.  

We’ll lead music at 6 or 7 sessions this weekend…so there’s a ton to do.  I’m also going to play the Christmas songs that I’ve finished/or am working on for them….let’s hope they like them.

Oh and, we’re going to try and get some live video up during the weekend….so check back on Friday and Saturday for that.

Kansas

Memphis

Duke 

UNC

That’s right two ACC teams.

1.  Shane Barnards’s Post on Dead Trees.  Here.

2.  Harold Best, Chip Stam and Mike Cosper Worship Discussion, Pt 1.  At the Sojourn music blog.  Here.

3.  My friend Nick has a blog called Tolle Lege, where he post some awesome quotes.  This post is about the church being a city of refuge…great stuff to think about.  Here.

Happy Monday.

daniel

“The first demand any work of any art makes upon us is surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way.” – C.S. Lewis

In the college class at Providence, we’re doing a series on Jonathan Edwards’ resolutions.  Yesterday we read one of Edwards’ sermon for our students called Christian Pilgrim - it’s an amazing sermon.  I think Edwards wrote it in 1733…but it’s so, so applicable to us today…maybe even more so today than when it was written.  

Anyways, we sang one of my favorite hymns yesterday (as redone by Robbie Seay), called Jesus Savior Pilot Me.  You can buy the it here.  I would advise you to go do it immediately.  

Here’s the text for the song.  

Jesus, Savior, pilot me
Over life’s tempestuous sea
Unknown waves before me roll
Hiding rock and treacherous shoal
Chart and compass come from Thee
Jesus, Savior, pilot me

As a mother stills her child
You can hush the oceans wild
Boisterous waves obey Thy will
When You say to them, Be still
Wondrous Sovereign of the sea
Jesus, Savior, pilot me

When at last I near the shore
And the fearful breakers roar
Grant me and the peaceful rest
Then, while leaning on Your chest
May I hear You say to me
Fear not, I will pilot thee